Improvement in fingered scoop



, Je# limi i tant' HARRISON DOOLITTLE 0E EAST CLEVELAND, OHIO.

Leners Patent N .-87,553, dared Marca 9, 1869. v

IMPROYEMENT IN FING-ERB!) SCOOP.

Tho Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and. making part of the Bama.

y ments in a Fingered Scoop; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full and complete description of the construction of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is'a perspective view. Figui-cs2 and 3 \vill be referred to in the descrip- Like letters of reference refer to like partsiu the views.

The nature of this invention relates to the construction of a`\scoop, having tines or iingers, for gathering potatoes after they have been dug from the ground,

the space between the tines enabling the dirt to be s ifted through. 1

This scoop is also adapted to gathering other vegetables as well as potatoes. It may also be used (heilig made smaller) for weeding between rows of' plants, the dirt being easily shook through between the tines, the weeds beingn'etained in the scoop, and removed to an out-of-the-way place;

In the drawingff A 'represents the handle ofthe scoopto one end of which is secured the plate B, forming the headof the scoop.

C G are iingers secured round the outer edge of said head, as shown, the largerngers n. a being secured, one at each end of the plate. l

These lingers are secured in the plate in the following manner, a sectional view offwhich is shown in iig. 3.

Orepresents theinger, and- V D, a portion of the plate, which is enl. rged or forms an ear, through which the end of the finger passes, the

said finger being provided with la shoulder, b, which lcomes against the plate, holding and securing the said finger in place, forming a sort ofdovetail-joint, shown at E, iig. 3. Y

Fig. 2 is another form of the plate B, which is made, the outel; edge being provided with openings for the fingers, which may be made of Wood. l

The 'scoop -may be constructed so vthat every alternate finger may be removed and the scoop used. for sorting potatoes, the small ones vdropping through between the iingers." 3j

This scoop is very useful and convenient in gather- 4mg potatoes, as large quantity can be taken up at once, and the dirt will fall and sift through between theiingers. a .l

This scoop' is also convenient for lifting or gathering vegetables or ivi-nits, and may also be madev small -enough to be used in gardeuingftbrweeding, transplanting, &c., being a very durable, simple, but most convenient article, for the purpose described.

What Ici-aim as my improvement, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The pertbrated plateB, having the notched lugs D at the lower edge, near. therholes, 'for securing the fingers Gin posi-tion, as shown, and the lingers C, in combination, as a'new Inode of constructing a scoop, for the purposes described.

HARRISON DooLIrTLE.

XVitucsses:

GEO. W. TIBBITTS, Guo. HEsTER. 

